Clearlake launches Clearlake Credit to chase private and public credit investments
The new platform will integrate the newly acquired MV Credit and WhiteStar Asset Management

Decline in loan supply from tariff uncertainty poses CLO underwriting risks—Oaktree
Oaktree warns a growing supply-demand imbalance for US leveraged loans could pressure CLO managers to pick up low quality paper

Apollo Debt Solutions BDC prices its debut CLO
The private credit transaction from the fund, which is run by Apollo Credit Management, is the market’s second debut CLO pricing in three days

Mid-market PE firm becomes newest CLO manager with USD 402m print
Kohlberg & Co. priced its inaugural deal on Monday, with the market’s first new private credit CLO in three weeks

Northwestern Mutual resets second-ever CLO
The reworking of the two-year-old US BSL deal largely maintained the size and structure of the initial issue

CLO Symposium 2025
The Creditflux CLO Symposium will be held at the Nobu Hotel, London on 14-15 May 2025

Brightwood prices first new CLO in more than 12 months
The middle market specialist's first primary market activity of 2025 was also the first new private credit deal to price in three weeks

CLO portfolio values, new issuance face tariff risk—KBRA
Market volatility and uncertainty around tariff plans have already led to some CLO deals being put on hold or delayed

Janus Henderson CLO ETF sees USD 1bn outflow since tariff-induced volatility
The fund saw a drop of over USD 585m on Monday, the largest single-day withdrawal ever, as markets are roiled by tariff uncertainty  

Mid-market CLO refis price from Cerberus and PennantPark
The two deals both priced their senior triple As at SOFR plus 135bps

Black Diamond's first 2025 CLO sees mezz price well outside guidance
The USD 407m deal was the manager’s first primary market issue since September

Permira prints its second US CLO as new manager in the region
The USD 404.2m deal follows the European manager’s debut US deal in November  

Generate prints its first new US BSL CLO of the year
The USD 408.0m short-dated deal features a complex structure  

Dechert adds Paul Hastings partner to bolster private credit, CLO biz
Brian Whaley will bring his experience in private credit, securitization and structured products to the global finance group

Macquarie moves forward on entering CLO management business
EXCLUSIVE: The Australian-headquartered firm has hired a top-tier bank to arrange its first US CLO

Antares resets another super-sized middle market CLO
The transaction added USD 72m in equity and USD 450m worth of triple A paper

New York Life prints USD 750m of CLO paper across two deals
The manager priced a new BSL issue and 2019-vintage refi over consecutive days this week

Starwood prices its first infra CLO for the year
The deal is the second infrastructure-focused transaction of 2025, following DWS’ RIN XII last month

Elmwood prints largest new BSL deal of 2025 with USD 1.02bn issue
The deal comes a month after Golub’s record-setting USD 2.3bn middle market deal

Guggenheim prices ‘quasi-CLO’ rated feeder fund
The deal follows two similar issues from New Mountain over the last 18 months

Blue Owl prices new Wise CLO
The new-issue US BSL deal was the sixth in the manager’s ‘Wise’ series, and its second such print of the year

Onex prices latest short-dated Aegis CLO
The manager’s Aegis deals are characterised by higher-quality portfolios and lower WARF than typical BSL CLOs

Ares adds to middle market issuance with first new deal for the year
Ares Direct Lending CLO 5 priced the top of the stack at SOFR plus 138bps

Records tumble in fantastic February